dirt vs loess

dirt and loess both are nouns.

dirt is an adjective but loess is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dirt	Yes	Yes	No	No
loess	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, loess is a hyponym of dirt; that is, loess is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dirt:

dirt: the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
loess: a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind

Other hyponyms of dirt include marl, regosol, residual clay, residual soil, surface soil, topsoil, subsoil, undersoil, alluvial soil, bog soil, clay, clunch, desert soil, desertic soil, caliche, hardpan, fuller's earth, gilgai soil, gumbo, gumbo soil, humus, indurated clay, Indian red, laterite, loam, mold, mould, clay, mud, bole, podsol, podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol, podzol soil, prairie soil, sand, sedimentary clay, silt, boulder clay, till, tundra soil, wiesenboden.

dirt (noun)	loess (noun)
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people	a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind
anything regarded as making something unclean
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
obscene terms for feces

dirt (adjective)	loess (adjective)
(of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel

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